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Featured Artisan: Padhma Creations Padhma Creation's Story It almost seems too simple: a skein of wool saving a life. For women of Nepal, beaten down by a complex and consuming social status, wool is a welcome reality. Hasroon is one of these women. Hasroon was married at 18 and living a

Fall is a time of great celebration in Nepal and a time when families & friends come together, work is put aside and they celebrate life and the ties that bind them. It is one of the most beautiful times of the year to be in Nepal and their month of festivals are a

Denise Attwood Co-Owner This is the time of year when we in North America think "back to school". There's a bit of excitement in the air as we anticipate minds filling with new ideas and dreams of a brighter world to come. I have been thinking a lot about education of late as we delve

By Candi Smucker In western Nepal is the town of Nepalgunj, it is located a couple of miles north of the border with India. This is were we flew on Thursday afternoon. The flight from Kathmandu was in a 30 passenger prop plane of some sort (yes, I know, not enough info for some of

While in Nepal in 2013, Ganesh Himal staff had the opportunity to meet with two recipients of the ACP Girl Child Education Fund, an girl scholarship fund at the Association for Craft Producers that Ganesh Himal has donated to for years. Sisters Heema, 16, and Heena, 10, had both received a scholarship for 3 years and loved

Hello Blog Readers! It’s the newly established Ganesh Himal Trading Intern. Before I begin I want to share my excitement about a product I discovered while exploring the Ganesh Himal Trading inventory: the little felted elephant bags. They had caught my eye when I was browsing the website and during my tour of Ganesh Himal

First Entry: October 15th Hello Blog Readers, my name is Lauren Merrithew. I am Ganesh Himal Trading’s first intern! I am a senior in high school and I am taking a class that partners me with an organization of my choice whom I than intern with for around 3 hours a week from the beginning

Travel has always been a big part of our family life and our 14 year old son has seen more of the world than most adults will in their entire life! That wasn't by accident! We planned it that way because we wanted our child to grow up as a citizen of the world and

These next few weeks are the busiest time of year for our customers and we want you to know that we are here to help and support you with same day shipping, a good stock of a wide variety of products and friendly customer service. Whether you need us to problem solve how to get